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‖ havildar E. Ind.|ˈhævɪldɑː(r)|
Also 7 havaldar.
[Pers. ḥawāl-dār, ḥawāla-dār, f. Arab. ḥawālah charge + Pers. dār holding, holder.]
‘A sepoy non-commissioned officer, corresponding to a sergeant’ (Yule).
1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 126, I sent to the Havaldar, to know when he would pass us up the Gaot. 1788Gentl. Mag. LVIII. i. 68/1 (Stanf.) A second flag, with a Sabahdaur and two Havildars, was sent in. 1839Thackeray Major Gahagan vii, The..havildars were absent. 1866Livingstone Last Jrnls. ii, I left the havildar, sepoys [etc.]. |